Chaplain

Corewell Health Corporate; Niles (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Spectrum Health in Michigan seeks a part-time chaplain to provide spiritual care and emotional support to patients, families, and staff across faiths. The role engages with ongoing referrals, supports cultural competence, and collaborates within interdisciplinary teams to deliver holistic care.

The chaplain will assist with advance care planning, ethical considerations, and ensuring respectful end-of-life conversations, contributing to a compassionate hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Bible, Theology, religion, pastoral care, ministry practicum, psychology or counseling.
• One unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) within one year after hire; Michigan driver’s license.
• Ordination or commissioning for chaplaincy by own religious judicatory; two years of relevant experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides spiritual care and emotional support to patients, families and staff.
• Facilitates spiritual understanding and emotional coping during illness, injury or death.
• Identifies and engages additional spiritual providers and resources when requested and beneficial.
• Documents interactions with patients and families clearly for care teams.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to provide seamless spiritual care.
• Participates in flexible scheduling to ensure continuous coverage.
• Integrates professional practice into interdisciplinary healthcare teams to enhance care.
• Initiates ethics consultations when needed.
• Facilitates advance care planning conversations and decision-making.

Skills

Spiritual care

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Cultural competence

Ethical judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree

CPE training

Michigan driver license

Ordination / commissioning

Job description

Job Summary

Provides spiritual care, counsel, education and spiritual/emotional support to patients, families and staff members of all faiths and traditions. Assists with referrals to particular faith group leaders when indicated and/or requested.

Essential Functions

• Provides spiritual care and emotional support to patients, families and staff.
• Facilitates their spiritual understanding, emotional coping and adjustment in the face of illness, injury or death.
• Identifies and engages additional spiritual providers and resources, either within or beyond our organization, when this is requested and beneficial.
• Does so in a culturally competent manner.
• Documents clearly her/his interactions with patients and families--including assessments and plans--in a manner which is useful to departmental and interdisciplinary colleagues.
• Collaborates closely with departmental colleagues in providing seamless spiritual care by receiving referrals, making following-up visits and providing hand-off reports.
• Participates in schedules with a flexibility that helps the team provide continuous coverage.
• Integrates her/his professional practice and style into assigned interdisciplinary healthcare teams in ways that enhance their overall efforts to provide excellent, whole-person care.
• Prioritizes emergent (sometimes concurrent) referrals while not losing sight of certain regular duties.
• Manages time well across successive shifts which can vary widely in their demands.
• Maintains and applies a working knowledge of medical ethics.
• Recognizes when ethical principles could or do conflict in actual cases.
• Recognizes moral distress in care givers.
• Knows how to initiate an ethics consultation.
• Able to facilitate advance care planning conversations and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Bible, Theology, religion, pastoral care, ministry practicum, psychology or counseling
• Vocational/Technical - One unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) - within one year after hire LIC-Driver's License - State of Michigan
• Preferred Vocational/Technical Four units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Ordination / commissioning or endorsement for chaplaincy by own religious judicatory 2 years of relevant experience providing spiritual care in a hospital, agency or congregation

How Corewell Health cares for you

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
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• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Lakeland Hospital Niles - 31 N St Joseph Ave - Niles Department Name Spiritual Care St Joseph - Niles and St Joseph Hosp Employment Type Part time Shift Day (United States of America) Weekly Scheduled Hours 28 Hours of Work Day shift hours Days Worked Variable Weekend Frequency N/A

Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members, patients, visitors, and community. We require a drug-free workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR, Varicella, Tdap, and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an on-site or hybrid workplace category.

We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process, to perform the essential functions of a job, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief.

Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.

An interconnected, collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work, is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system, we advocate for equity as we care for our patients, our communities, and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence, to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work, we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.

People are at the heart of everything we do, and the inspiration for our legacy of outstanding outcomes, innovation, strong community partnerships, philanthropy and transparency.

Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 60,000+ dedicated people—including more than 11,500 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 15,000 nurses providing care and services in 22 hospitals, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilities—and Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.2 million members. Through experience and collaboration, we are reimagining a better, more equitable model of health and wellness.